Production Control

LJ produces its customers' parts using tested and consistent order taking, manufacturing, inspection, and shipping processes. Each job is tracked in real time with bar coded entries for each operation. In addition, LJ controls its production procedures as follows:

• Each order is placed using an order entry form;
  

• The order is entered into LJ's system by a data entry person;
  

• Upon receipt of the customer's order confirmation, all information in LJ's system is compared with the confirmation receipt to insure complete correlation between the two;
  

• A shop router is written for each part number LJ produces consisting of:

• Each manufacturing and inspection work center involved;

• Instructions pertaining to each operation;

• Sign off locations for the operator and inspector to sign after verifying the operation was performed and inspected;

• The outside vendors that will be used (eg., anodizer, welder, etc.) and instructions that will automatically be included in the purchase order provided to each vendor;

• Instructions for final inspection including whether a first article is required for the customer; and

• Instructions of how to clean and package the part.
  
  

• Each job is globally scheduled with all other active jobs to calculate the necessary start date as derived from the machine time necessary at each work center and the promised delivery date. In addition, LJ's scheduling system allows it to do a combination of infinite and finite scheduling to determine the consequences of its scheduling decisions before finalizing the schedule.
  
  

• The production planner monitors each job and LJ's expediters ensure any changes by the customer to push out or pull in a job is entered into the system. In addition, the customer will be notified in advanced of any changes to the scheduling plan or any unforeseen difficulties.

The production process is also monitored and standardized for each part LJ produces. As set forth above, the manufacturing recipe for each part is contained in the shop router. In addition, LJ performs a first article inspection process on the first part of each operation each day and every nth part as determined by LJ’s Quality Manager using SPC guidelines.

Finally, each CNC program is Rev. controlled and once a process is "proven", will not be changed unless authorized by LJ's management and/or the customer when applicable.